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View fullsize It was so much fun to be back in my hometown at the PERFECT new addition to Ambler, @thebookshoponmain! If you haven’t been yet, please go visit and meet your new favorite bookstore. Thank you to everyone who came out, including some of my elem
View fullsize Thank you @booktrib for the shoutout! September may be ending, but you can still “fall” for The Refuge... πŸπŸ‚
View fullsize This DC event was extra special for me, because @eastcitybookshop was my local bookstore for most of the time that I was writing The Refuge. I spent so much time wandering their shelves, and it was a dream come true to go back and see my own book the
View fullsize Thank you to @parksidebookshop for such a fun night in Boston! (And also thank you to my friends who displayed The Refuge on our dinner table afterwards so that everyone who walked to the bathroom had to look at it like a billboard.)
View fullsize The Refuge is now available as an audiobook! Listen on Spotify or wherever you get your audiobooks. 🎧 

And thank you to Spotify for producing this book despite my embarrassing “listening age.” 

#audiobook #audiobookstagram #spotifyfora
View fullsize Had the best time in Brooklyn celebrating The Refuge with the incomparable @vilkomerson. Thank you to @powerhousearena for the warm welcome, to everyone who came out, and to @amdvernick who saved this sweaty pregnant author from overheating, as seen
View fullsize A few new dates added! See you there? More info and tickets at the link in my bio πŸŒ²πŸπŸ’š
View fullsize Thank you to @mainpointbooks, the incredible @allihoffkosik, and everyone who came out to my first book event last night — including a group of my middle & high school English teachers, which warmed this book nerd’s heart. πŸ’š More eve
View fullsize I can’t believe I can finally say this: My debut novel The Refuge is out now. My mom and I found it on shelves today, and I’m feeling both extremely happy and extremely emotional—and it’s not just the pregnancy hormones.

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View fullsize Taking a quick pause from book posts to talk about something more important: it’s officially childhood cancer awareness month and that means @alexslemonade is doing their “Million Mile” fundraiser. I love these photos from when I wa
View fullsize My galleys arrived, but there was much more excitement in my house about the box than the books… which is fine by me, because my daughter turning it into a perch for her own reading warmed my book-loving heart.

You can pre-order The Refuge no
View fullsize I still can’t believe that The Refuge will be out in the world soon. Thank you to @colbert, @publisherswkly, @jessicagoodman, @oliviamuenter, @ashleywooauthor, and @ajaff3 for the kind early words. πŸ’š

The Refuge’s first trade review! Tha
View fullsize 25% off if you pre-order today though the 26th at Barnes & Noble! Link in my bio πŸ“š

#bnpreorder #barnesandnoble #debutnovel
View fullsize Here’s my favorite photo from the trip where I first had the idea for The Refuge. And yes, one of these signs made it VERY hard to abide by the other.

#debutauthor #debutnovel #bookish #bookstagrammer #bookstagram
View fullsize Do you love riveting mysteries? Do you also love free things? Then I have good news: you have until the 28th to enter to win a free copy of my debut novel The Refuge—click the link in my bio to enter the giveaway on @goodreads!

“It seems
View fullsize The Late Show ended with the staff and crew joining Paul McCartney on the same stage where The Beatles made their US debut. It was one of the most special things I’ve ever been a part of, and yet, it also echoed what it was like making the 1800
View fullsize Even as a kitten, Sponge was quite literary… πŸ“š 

#bookstagram #catsofbookstagram #books #catsofinstagram
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View fullsize Cranky that I found his hiding spot, behind some great reads!
#bookstagram #authorsoninstagram #debutauthor
View fullsize A photo from my job at @colbertlateshow, where I got to spend a decade working with the funniest, smartest, and hardest working group of people.

Carly Hillman

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